SINGAPORE - A Budget consists of two sides: expenditure and revenue.
Many Budgets in recent years, pre-Covid-19, were big on the spending side. They were headlined bonanzas or bonuses; and the finance minister announcing them, often around the Chinese New Year period, was likened to the God of Fortune, who dispenses money.
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